Learn about the influencers who lived during the Renaissance and their scientific accomplishments, how their thoughts were influenced, and how their work changed the world through innovation, architecture, biology, alchemy, and more. (If you have younger students, this course fits with the Homeschool Connections Grade School Unit Study Program for grades 3-6 so that your whole family can learn the same era together.)
The renaissance was a time of great change, the entire medieval worldview broken apart as great discoveries in the stars, upon the earth, and in the smallest molecules bring about a re-conception of the universe. We will be going through these discoveries, and discussing the social and historical implications of them.
Class 1: Medical Discoveries: Smallpox and Cholera
Class 2: Medical Discoveries: Germs and Pasturization
Class 3: Medical Discoveries: Dental Care
Class 4: Medical Discoveries: The Spanish Flu
Class 5: Review for Midterm
Class 6: Corporation Production (Factories)
Class 7: History of Genetics
Class 8: WWI Warfare Tech
Class 9: Flying in the sky
Class 10: WWII Tech
Class 11: The Computer
Class 12: Study for Final
Course materials: Readings will be provided FREE by the instructor as PDF files.
Homework: Expect to spend about 45 minutes of reading each Class plus a Classly quiz (computer graded for immediate feedback).